Muriatic, mū-ri-at′ik, adj. pertaining to, or obtained from, sea-salt.—n. Mū′riate, a salt composed of muriatic acid and a base.—adj. Muriatif′erous. [L. muriaticus—muria, brine.]
Muricate, -d, mū′ri-kāt, -ed, adj. (bot.) armed with sharp points or prickles. [L. muricatus, from murex, muricis, a pointed stone.]
Muriform, mū′riform, adj. (bot.) resembling the bricks in a wall. [L. murus, a wall, forma, shape.]
Murky, murk′i, adj. dark: obscure: gloomy.—adv. Murk′ily.—n. Murk′iness—(Shak.) Murk.—adjs. Murk′some, Mirk′some (Spens.), darksome. [A.S. murc; Ice. myrkr, Dan. and Sw. mörk.]
Murmur, mur′mur, n. a low, indistinct sound, like that of running water: a complaint in a low, muttering voice.—v.i. to utter a murmur: to grumble:—pr.p. mur′muring; pa.t. and pa.p. mur′mured.—n. Mur′murer.—adj. Mur′muring, making a low continuous noise.—adv. Mur′muringly, with a low murmuring sound: in a murmuring manner.—adj. Mur′murous, attended with murmurs: exciting murmur.—adv. Mur′murously. [Fr.,—L.; imit.]
Murphy, mur′fi, n. (coll.) a potato:—pl. Mur′phies (-fiz). [From the common Irish name Murphy.]
Murra, mur′a, n. an ornamental stone for vases, &c., described by Pliny, most probably fluor-spar; it was first brought to Rome by Pompey, 61 B.C.—adjs. Murr′hine, Murr′ine, Myrr′hine.
Murrain, mur′rān, or -′rin, n. an infectious and fatal disease among cattle, esp. foot-and-mouth disease.—n. Mur′ren (Milt.). [O. Fr. morine, a carcass—L. mori, to die. See Mortal.]
Murrey, mur′i, adj. dark red or reddish brown, of mulberry colour.
Murry, same as Moray (q.v.).